Swiss ski star Lara Gut-Behrami is gliding toward the overall World Cup title in the extended absence of defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin since a crash in January.
Gut-Behrami won a super-G race Saturday in Kvitfjell, Norway, to earn 100 race points and pad her lead to 305 over Shiffrin, who should return next weekend with six races left this season.
That lead is likely to grow Sunday when Gut-Behrami, the Olympic champion, starts as the favourite for another super-G on the course that staged speed races at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games.
Though Gut-Behrami lost time in the foggy upper section Saturday, she sped down the tricky second half and on seeing her leading time punched both fists down by her sides in satisfaction.
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